BrikoXM to TechnologyEnglish · 7 months agoYandex: Owner of 'Russia's Google' pulls out of home countrywww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkYandex: Owner of 'Russia's Google' pulls out of home countrywww.bbc.co.ukBrikoXM to TechnologyEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square2fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareSilverSharklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoI don’t know Yandex well, but there are a couple of points I found interesting: -The parent company of Yandex was based in the Netherlands. That company now sold the operation in Russia. Yandex was valued at $30bn in 2021, yet was sold for $5.2bn. One of the co-founders of Yandex is openly against the war and the russian government, and is seeking for sanctions against him to be lifted.
I don’t know Yandex well, but there are a couple of points I found interesting: -The parent company of Yandex was based in the Netherlands.